New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-02
GEORGE WASHINGTON ON TIE DRAMA
MARGINAL NOTES IN HIS HANDWRITING 'o nv
ESSAY ON THE THEATRE.

MARGINAL NOTES IN HIS HANDWRITING ~ nv
ESSAY ON THE THEATRE.
BosToS Sept. 30.-"It Will DO "a"or
Interest TO students Of history and readers s'ne'.
who revere the namc of George "asni'x''A, a..
.Tbe Evening Traveller" "to know thar QUE his'
President has left on record his views concerning 'h
nrovince az the stage, and IL seems not ht.io ino
rruous that we should be indebted to como op'i"
nerformer for making public this valuable ihlorh"o'
Fpancls Wilson, the Cadoaux OF tho NOV" i''H -
Erminle Company, now at tho uiooe' ha' =. a..
,u,oman,. and speuds much of his spare time In inc
,ar,a and museums I'm search of interesting scraps
of information not generally thought 10 Do oScn's, "
The education of a comedian but MI ""Soi, Ia. "
80 seems TO have two well-conrasted sides 10 Ms
'ehs .,nnv ne he certainly Is the stage, no Is
. 90, enthusiastic student on the boaius.
-, - d.v Mr. Wilson: was searching through ucorse
,,,..,n,ons library now II, tho possession Oh 'ho
posto, Atben eum when his eye caught s's"' vi
volume bearing the inscription on tho w f"eo'
IIIoncl and Clarissa-a Comic opera WIN l
publishers imprint and the date OF l'oo' ucu'es'
. pbilp the Right Honorable Earle oi Chos'er"",
and performed In the same year al sne ihea'i ~. ~
Iondon Bound with this opera Is tree'i-o on -"
Effects OF the Stage on the Manners Vi ieop
the Propriety of Encouraging and Establishing VIII
mons Theatre by William Halliburton This essay oc
~, toston impriut of Young a Ethcridge, Market
Sr.rc 1870 and a. this date Is seven years before
wasbnrtons death and 1t b upon the pages Vi ,hs
hook that he has left what are most "iq'''''
80, ,,ar,r., notes. II is concluded that his vows Oh
a., .co ,rore we'll matured His style OF Manu-
4,,u ., ths SIGNATURES of ownership on tho hy-ieai
,r,rcd in the chirugraphy of the following close
=, ,,,en lines on slip Of paper pasted to one OIL the
pages .,,,. o,,r,ct.rs "a they
ana II IA the offce Of tho stage to present minns
rrosen,atfon of mon and manners, which, 10 cNoe''
-. -, . rcrf.ct likeness 1t IL objected, therefore,
h, tho nv it's exhibitions will become prhsous
tn morals That objection Applies WIN nioiu .a he
.,,iast the manners In real life Goa has ~" III ~
wicked for an example well as thc 1sn @ "a
~ nart NJ wisdom to make Of both TO warn Anu
ins,,,ct her pupils The evil lies In the eiss ~,
duty 40 sacred and necessary. u Is "o rs their
of every author 70 aot 20 vtoo 81 W. shouId appoint
IN, 81 nj. pcrsonagcs act the npDil,oi, 10 ~
in manly and pertinent language on me p., -, ~.
acters exhibited In his play or 'h' '''''
u unotber footnote reads Little minds are ap
pald by din sulfies which great ohes r. nd real
paeons are distinguished by great designs anu s' a.
,rhIs treatise l. an extremely Interesting one "
which the auriyT lays down rules Tor tno - ,cIe,
n All departments Of theatre Thc pa. o.. re- ,,e
80 tie author suggests for use STIMULATES .hs ,'o
" r. boJ,r ADD the number of persons entitici 70
,lmissiou on IT, but It also stipulatc- on ,hS "a &
ihey were be admitted on conloa VI so odvanrrd
shteh xoud serve admirably In these latter uais ~
naner n house' was register at the box once .no-c
who could not afford to pay inc - " h ,hat which
at Interfere with theif lators or duties, or "heh
clean and welldrcsscd.' III, T.. 81,
and Intrinsic merit thereof Modern theatre patron,
vii readily conceive how poorly recomprns'Sl some
"ned writer could get his theories introduced into the
theatrical system OF To day